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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia announces ad deadlines by 9 PM the day before publication and transient rates of 50 cents per line inch. It requests subscribers report delays or irregularities to maintain a perfect delivery system and lists advertising and national representation details.
Rates listed for mail and motor route subscriptions with advance payments by year six months and three months and one month plus outside zones. Carrier options include annual and shorter terms with weekly single copies and a Bible verse quoted from Psalms.
The American Society of Newspaper Editors plans a three member mission to friendly powers to discuss press freedom and international reporting. Wilbur S. Forrest Ralph McGill and W. Ackerman will promote open exchange among editors radio leaders and governments for truthful foreign coverage.
A historical summary notes Germanys repeated strategic gambles from the World War I era through 1917, including unrestricted submarine warfare and high risk offensives aimed at persuading Britain and the United States to withdraw, ultimately ending in heavy losses for Germany and Allied resilience.
The text recounts wartime gambles by Nazi leadership from 1942 including Stalingrad and Pearl Harbor. It notes Hitler overextended at Stalingrad, massive German losses, and Japan’s seapower gains that drew America into war. A final gamble threatened a prolonged stalemate if successful.
Reprinted editorial defends the Atlantic Charter as a high minded declaration of principles. It notes unsigned accords in history and argues the Charter’s value lies in nations’ willingness to implement it, not in Roosevelt and Churchill signatures. It emphasizes a Christian outlook and enduring hope for world betterment.
The Allied run government in Germany pledges to restore looted art and scientific objects to rightful owners. The proclamation challenges Hitler and Nazi thieves and could push Nazis to burn loot rather than surrender it. It brands German culture as savage and unlettered.
Greensboro Record notes 500 workers stayed on Christmas Day to finish ships, bringing seven ships to completion this month. A Santa Claus with a blow torch helped push the Brunswick yard effort, advancing cargo ships for overseas forces.
Howard Hart is re elected president of the South End Fire Company for a fourth term. Capt Baker of the V P FP notes the roster is open for new members. Virginia residents receive income tax forms for the tax year.
Ansell Sofenberger becomes Kiwanis Club president succeeding H. C. Sheetz Sr. Mrs. R. T. Barton resigns as chairman of the board of public welfare after its 1922 founding and is replaced by Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde. Jury selected for Hauptman Lindbergh kidnapping murder trial includes eight men and four women after 62 prospective jurors examined.
John H. Seal Jr is elected president of the Charley Rouss Fire Company. Richard L Gray a longtime Corporation Court clerk dies in his sleep at his North Kent street home. An Oklahoma man subscribes to The Star for war news noting longer delivery than a southwestern paper.
W. O. Moore buys property on West Peyton street for $1,000. Miss Sylvia Grim wins a word-building prize from "A Royal Stair." Dr. S. P. Latnae, secretary, issues a notice of a Medical Society meeting where a Baltimore physician will discuss smallpox.
Forty five years ago the City Council conducts the shortest regular meeting on record, lasting 42 minutes, as coal oil dealers in the city face price and wage advertising kerosene at 7c a gallon.
An exhortation on how small habits grow into tyranny. The essay uses a sponge and conch parable to warn that habits like temper laziness and lying enslave people. It argues many fail to say no to themselves and suffer under the weight of minor evils over time.
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The Star provides comprehensive coverage spanning local happenings, national news, and international developments to keep readers informed with timely reporting and context.
Washington reports German forces concentrate on the Salient's north, with two full armies in the spearhead and a third on the shoulders. A possible final push may be followed by retreat to Germany if strength runs out. the front remains fluid as both sides risk heavy losses.
The article lauds the heroic American defense in World War II during Christmas, highlighting the 101st Airborne at Bastogne and the Seventh Armored at St Vith. It credits their stand with delaying German gas supplies to tanks, as Luftwaffe cover waned and weather cleared, affecting the Meuse and Sedan corridor.
A December ceremony in Hartford celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first public administration of nitrous oxide for tooth extraction. The event highlighted Wells, his Hartford ties, Colton’s demonstrations, Riggs, and Morton, with notes on the broader history and evolving anesthetic techniques.
General Patton and the First Army countered the German breakthrough on the northern shoulder of the Bulge. His 80th division sped 150 miles north to join the fight, relieving Bastogne and helping to seal Luxembourg. Columbia, a Mediterranean veteran, leads with 2,800 missions and 27,000 sorties.
The War Department indicates no fixed limit on bombing mission endurance. Usually the Air Surgeon decides when a flier is fit for rotation or leave. Lieutenant Colonel John F. Martin Jr., 28, of the District of Columbia is noted in the report.
A widow with a minor child may apply for an allowance, but the request is referred to her marine son who will decide the allotment. The final decision rests with the son.
The question notes that A W O L means a soldier is absent without leave and asks if this is a military crime and what punishment a court martial may direct. It explains that the severity of sentences for AWOL varies by case and by military rules.
Daphne Willoughby Abruzzi, a 17 year old widow with years abroad in Paris London and Naples, returns to North Wintridge to resume a quiet life. She recounts a dazzling past with musician husband Carlo and architect lover Alan Pembroke while choosing to stay with cousin Kate Dennison and reject a conventional, repetitive domestic future.
In a mid century dialogue Daphne rejects romance insisting she wants a solo life with a house and work. Kate teases her about love and careers as Daphne clutches cosmetics and plans a solitary path, asserting she prefers radishes to romance. (To be continued)
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